Carmen Garcia | CEO / Founder
Community Corporate

Carmen Garcia AM is the CEO and Founder of national award-winning diversity and inclusion certified social enterprise, Community Corporate. Operating in the niche space of corporate social responsibility, she specialises in cultural inclusion. She is widely recognised as a leading multicultural workforce expert, creating economic and social impact solutions through partnerships with the corporate sector that maximise employment and skilling opportunities for refugees and migrants. Carmen was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2024 Australia Day Honours List for her significant service to the multicultural community through diversity and inclusion advocacy and programs. She is also the first female appointed as the current Philippine Honorary Consul in South Australia. This female social entrepreneur brings over 20 years’ experience working in refugee resettlement, migration, community development, training and workforce strategy across the public, private and community sectors. Carmen is currently appointed as a Board Member of the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority and sits on the Federal Immigration Minister’s sub-committee for refugee economic participation. She has an MBA and a Bachelor of Arts Degree (International Studies: Public Policy and Languages). She has two children Ashlee, 12 and Cooper 10 and lives on a farm in Mylor, South Australia. For more on Carmen Garcia visit her on LinkedIn.